Captive golf ball



Sept 9 1924s W. H. ASTON CAPTIVE GOLF BALL Filed Feb. 15, 192,3

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Patented Sept. ,9, 1924.

UNITED STATESA carrrvn corr BALL. Y

A-pfiiicatio yfue@February 15, raza.A seriai No. 619,229.v

To a-ZZ whom it may concern? Be it lrnoWn thatl I, YVILLIAM HENRY ASTON, a subject of the King of Great Brit-4 ain, residing lat 46 EagleI lharf Road,

New North RoadLLondon, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Captive Golf Balls, of Which the following is a specification.

vThis invention relates to captive golf balls and has for its object to provide golf balls of this type of a cheap and simple'construction,

According to my invention I form a ,cap tive golf ball of india-rubber, gutta-percha or other suitable inaterialjor composition, and I provide it with a tail of flexible material Which Willserve to retard the ball in` This tail may be formed of a strip ofI leather or other suitable flexibleymaterial connected at one end to the ball by lbeing' passed into and secured in. a diametral hole therein. i p

vOrwthetail may be formed integral with the. hall and preferably of tapering form decreasing towards its outer end and having its inner end curved so as to merge into the curved surface of the ball.

To further retard the flight of the ball I lmay provide thin pieces of lead or other material Which are bound round the outer end of the tail. Also a round or other piece. or enlargement may be attached to or formed integral with such outer end forv use as a tee to support the ball in position for driving.y the said piece or tee atthe same time serving to prevent the lead or the like, Where such is used, from becoming detached from the tail.

To enable the invention to be fully understood I Will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawing, in Which:-

Figure l is a sectional vievir of a captive golf ball provided With a flexible tail in accordance With theinvention.

Figure 2 is a viewvillustrating a modication of the combined golfball and tail.

Figure?) is a sectional view of a golf ball illustrating another modification and Figure 4 is also a'view of a golf ball illus-I trating a further modification.

a isthe' golf ball proper formed of rubber or other suitable vvmaterial or' composition and b is the flexible tail with which I pro# Vure 4 isz in the' vide it and which tail Will serve toretard the .ball in itsight When struck byl a golf dub. v ,A .i

trated in Figure ,-1, the tail?) is formed .of a strip of leather or other suitable 4flexible material passing into a diametral vhole in the ball cz and"being secured therein in any suitable Way',vfor instance by being cemi-inted therein. AIn Figure A2, however, the tail*V bj is formed integral Withthe ballfra'that is to say, the tail b and the exterior surface PATENT @mE-1,

f vWILLIAM HENRY AsToN, or LONDON, ENGLAND. i

In the arrangement of myinvention illusi-- portions of the ballproperiare formed allv i 1n. one piece of Vthe-,same material, as

In Iboth 'arrangements' the tail 1s shovvn of tapering form decrease unitary structure.

ing towardstheouter end yand in that illustrate-d in Fgure 2, vthe tail is curved at its inner endso as to `merge. into the-curved surface ofV theb'all and thusform a strong pointof attachment. i j a i In Figure 2, I illustrate'at c the thin piece round-the outerendof the -tail 79 to further retard the flight ofthe ball andl d in this figure indicates the piece or enlargement at the said outer end of the tail to form a tee and which serves also to yprevent the lead kor the like 0 from coming Voifthe tail. y

ln Figures' l andl 2 the piece d is made with a flat base c and a recess f in its upper surface to form the tee to support the ball,

In this figure, the tee d'is shown as-being formed separately from the tail b and se'- cured to the latter through the medium of triad or 'other marin which is bound i preparatory to the latter being driven, as i `indicated by the dotted lines in Figure l.

a hole'in the tee, 'through which hole the end of the tail is passed and is then knotted.: Or, the tee d can be secured to the tail in"y any other suitable Way. In Figure 2, ,the .tee d is shown as being formed integral with the tail. As shown in Fig. 2, the outer surfaceof the ball itself, the tail portion and the tee lare formed all in one piece of the same material as a unitary structure.v

Thetee d can also be made round or of a shape other than'that indicated, and it may. v be formed integral with the ball proper as l indicated in' Figures 3 and 4, the tee'in Fig.-

ure 3 being in the form of.r a single kprojecav tion orfo'ot @having a flat base' 7L to make contact vviththe ground, Whilst thatvif Figd erm of' three) projections v directed upwardly asindicated and serves as a point at which the head of the golf club is directed When striking the ball in the direction indicated bythe arrow -and in the line of the portion of the tail extending to v such. projection.

l. A captive golf' ballJ comprising a ball proper and a flexible tail for retardingy the b'all` in its flight, the exterior surface of the ball an'dsaid flexible tail beingformed all in onev piece of the same n'iaterial. i

2. captive golf ball' comprisingV a ball jr'o'pei" and a flexible tail for retarding the ball in its flight, the exterior surface ofthe ball and said flexible tail being formed all in "one, piece of' thesame material, and an enlargement secured to the outer end of. the sai'd't'ail .and provided with a ground' engaging portion and a ball supporting uppe'..I surface, to` constitute the tee for supporting the b'all in positiongtol be struck.

3. A .captive golf lball. comprising a ball proper, a flexible tail for retarding theball in it's' llight, and an' enlargement at the end of1 said tail remoteY fromtlie ball, provided With a ground Aengaging portion and a ball supporting upper surface, forming a tee to supportthe ball in position tobe struck, they outer surface of the ball, said tail and said enlargement being formed all in one piece of the same material.

l. A captive golf ball comprising a ball proper, a flexible tail having one? end perman'entl5T secured to the ball, said tail being provided at its other end With an enlargement hai/ing a groi'ind engaging surface and a ball supporting upper surface, to forni` 6. captive golf'- ball comprising a ball proper, a flexible'y t'ail having one end permanentlt7 secured to the ball, to ret-ard its flight, an enlargement ksecured to said tail adjacent to its other end provided with a ground engaging. portion and a ball supporting upper surface7 forming a tee to sup'- port the ball in position to be struck, and al Weight member comprising a piece of sheet.

material bound around the said tail adja cent to said enlargement' to retard the" ball in its flight, said enlargement' preventing thev saidl Weight member from becoming. disengaggedY from the tail.

WILLIAM HENRY ASTON: 

